Emily Fisher Season 2025-26

Honors & Awards

• No. 80 Recruit Nationally (ESPN, 2023)
• Illinois Class 4A (First Team, 2022)
• Lake County All-Area Team Captain (2023)
• North Suburban Conference Player of the Year (2022)

Outlook (2025-26)
Emily Fisher was one of four NCAA Division I transfers to join the Nebraska women's basketball program in the spring of 2025. The Huskers announced the signing of the 6-0 guard/forward on April 16.

Fisher, who spent her first two collegiate seasons at Maryland, comes to Lincoln after playing 52 games with the Terrapins.

"We had a strong relationship with Emily from her recruitment out of high school and believe that she fits perfectly with our tough, hard-nosed, gritty, hard-working culture here at Nebraska," Husker Head Coach Amy Williams said. "She brings a versatility and a willingness to guard almost any position on the floor. We are excited to have her spend her remaining two years here in Lincoln."

Before Nebraska (Maryland, 2023-24 & 2024-25)
As a freshman at Maryland, Fisher averaged 2.6 points and 2.8 rebounds while playing in all 33 games for a Terp team that advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. She scored a career-high nine points and added a career-best eight rebounds in a win over Towson (Dec. 12, 2023). She also had eight points at both Penn State (Jan. 28, 2024) and against UMass (Nov. 25, 2023). Fisher scored six points and grabbed eight rebounds in a career-high 29 minutes against George Mason. She also had seven points and five rebounds in a win over Wisconsin.

As a sophomore, Fisher missed 11 games with a concussion, but averaged 1.7 points and 1.4 rebounds over 19 contests while helping the Terps to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. In Nebraska's 91-71 regular-season win at No. 17 Maryland (Feb. 13, 2025), Fisher finished with a season-high eight points, while adding two rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes of action.

High School
Fisher was ranked as the No. 80 overall prospect by ESPN out of Libertyville High School in Illinois. She averaged 13.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists as a senior in 2022-23, when she was named the captain of the Lake County All-Area team. As a junior, she a was a first-team Illinois Class 4A all-state selection, the North Suburban Conference Player of the Year, and a first-team all-conference and all-area choice at Libertyville. Fisher recorded nine double-doubles, including a pair of triple-doubles as a junior. She was also Libertyville's all-time leader in blocked shots with 100. She played AAU basketball for the Wolverinas.

Personal
The daughter of Jeramy and Renee Fisher, Emily was born Sept. 30, 2004. She has two younger siblings, Lily and Luke. Her father played college football at Drake, and he wore No. 34, which is why Emily wears the number. She is psychology major.